Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth Development Regulatory File and BHP Socio Economic Annual Reports, Ekati Diamond Mine (Chris Mills, 1997 to 2000)
This composite document contains two reports: (1) Chris Mills' technical review of BHP Diamonds' wastewater and tailings management for the NWT Diamonds Project, highlighting concerns about tailings characterization, turbidity discharge compliance, and acid neutralization potential; and (2) the 1999 Annual Report on Community Health and Well Being for BHP's point-of-hire communities, presenting socioeconomic monitoring data on employment, health outcomes, and social indicators for communities affected by the Ekati Mine development.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, GNWT Department of Health and Social Services, GNWT Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, NWT Bureau of Statistics, Chris Mills, P.Eng., EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., University of Alberta, Northwest Territories Water Board
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Lutsel K'e, Rae-Edzo, Rae Lakes, Wha Ti, Wekweti, Detah, N'dilo, Yellowknife, Long Lake, Fox pipe, Panda pipe, Waste Rock Disposal Areas, Canada, British Columbia, Alberta
- Parameters
- wastewater management, tailings management, water quality, total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, pH, acid rock drainage (ARD), clay minerals, carbonate minerals, smectite, illite, calcite, dolomite, tailings consolidation, particle size distribution, water licence compliance, discharge standards, health indicators, socioeconomic monitoring, employment, social assistance, housing, education, suicide rates, communicable disease, injuries and poisoning, teen births, children in care
- Pages
- 403
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